It is time to take a moment away from the continuous parade of the Trump Emperor and his new clothes spun with the invisible golden threads of his corrupt lawyers and other supporters.

We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.
—-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Let go of the controls of fear and powerlessness! Find your true being, and stop becoming someone else’s idea of who you should be. Furthermore, stop becoming what your idea of what someone else thinks you should be!  Know that particular “you” can never be real!

Eliminate time dependent thought, to find the real eternal life. Insight and change are essential. In the seeing of the old, is freedom from the prison of the past finally found. Make new paths of consciousness, and then follow them only while they lead to wisdom, and discard them when they no longer serve the Hearts best intention!

Laugh and cry at all of our creations, then change them, and laugh and cry again! Repeat cycle until only laughter. love, and joy remains, then we will know that the Truth has been found. Remember, all that we will ever see, unto eternity, is our Self. How will we see our Self today?

No teacher, healer, messiah, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mohamed, or minister will effect our salvation. It is a “save your own ass” program, to finally become a liberated human on this planet. Anything else just contributes to your oppression.
—–Bruce Paullin

(from my latest book, which, of course, will never be published. My anonymity is important to me. I post to Facebook, knowing that very few people read my works)

Categories: Musings

Bruce

Presently, I am 67 years old, and I am learning how to live the life of a retired person. I am married to Sharon White, a retired hospice nurse, and writer. Whose Death Is It Anyway-A Hospice Nurse Remembers Sharon is a wonderful friend and life partner of nearly 30 years. We have three grandsons through two of Sharon's children. I am not a published writer or poet. My writings are part of my new life in retirement. I have recently created a blog, and I began filling it up with my writings on matters of recovery and spirituality. I saw that my blog contained enough material for a book, so that is now my new intention, to publish a book, if only so that my grandsons can get to know who their grandfather really was, once I am gone. The title for my first book will be: Penetrating The Conspiracy Of Silence, or, How I Lived Beyond My Expiration Date I have since written 7 more books, all of which are now posted on this site. I have no plans to publish any of them, as their material is not of general interest, and would not generate enough income to justify costs. I have taken a deep look at life, and written extensively about it from a unique and rarely communicated perspective. Some of my writing is from 2016 on to the present moment. Other writing covers the time prior to 1987 when I was a boy, then an addict and alcoholic, with my subsequent recovery experience, and search for "Truth". Others are about my more recent experiences around the subjects of death, dying, and transformation, and friends and family having the most challenging of life's experiences. There are also writings derived from my personal involvement with and insight into toxic masculinity, toxic religion, toxic capitalism, and all of their intersections with our leadere. These topics will not be a draw for all people, as such personal and/or cultural toxicities tends to get ignored, overlooked, or "normalized" by those with little time for insight, introspection, or interest in other people's points of view on these troubling issues. There also will be a couple of writings/musings about "GOD", but I try to limit that kind of verbal gymnastics, because it is like chasing a sunbeam with a flashlight. Yes, my books are non-fiction, and are not good reading for anybody seeking to escape and be entertained. Some of the writings are spiritual, philosophical and intellectual in nature, and some descend the depths into the darkest recesses of the human mind. I have included a full cross section of all of my thoughts and feelings. It is a classic "over-share", and I have no shame in doing so. A Master Teacher once spoke to me, and said "no teacher shall effect your salvation, you must work it out for yourself". "Follow new paths of consciousness by letting go of all of the mental concepts and controls of your past". This writing represents my personal work towards that ultimate end.